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Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies has appointed Theodore Duclos, 55, as acting president of its Plymouth-based North America division.

Duclos succeeds Bradley Norton, 50, who left to pursue other opportunities, according to Cheryl Eberwein, director of media relations at Freudenberg-NOK.

Duclos will remain CEO of Freudenberg-NOK’s global fluid power division, which supplies seals and components to manufacturing industries, including automotive, construction and agriculture.

Duclos has been with the company for 18 years. He was vice president of operations and technology, vice president of corporate technology, and chief technical officer. Duclos earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. He received both his master’s degree and doctorate degree in biomedical engineering at Duke University in Durham, N.C.